noget

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish nokut (also nokot, nokæt, noghet), neuter form of nokær, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk noko and Swedish något. Grammaticalization of the phrase Proto-Germanic *ne wait ek hwat (or alternatively formed by analogy as a neuter to nokær within early Old Norse). See more at nogen.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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noget

  1. neuter singular of nogen

Adverb

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noget

  1. a little, a bit, somewhat
  2. for a while, for some time
  3. some distance, not far